The Fic of a Snick

In no kind of order.

* Donald Trump is Gaslighting America - while the rest of the media wibbles, Teen Vogue is ON IT

* Trump, Mocking Claim That Russia Hacked Election, at Odds with G.O.P. - (NYT) Some Republican leaders are concerned about this Russia thing, which gives me some hope for humanity. Here's a statement from bipartisan Senate leadership on the issue.

* Related calls to action regarding election interference: calling your reps to request the review in time for electors to vote, a script for same.

* Doxxing May Become A Federal Crime - (Buzzfeed) Bill introduced by Rep. Katherine Clark of MA, same legislator who introduced the No Religious Registry Act.

* A Wisconsin court case may be the last best hope to fix gerrymandering by 2020 (Vox) - fascinating, possibly hopeful read

* A thread on the Moral Mondays activism in NC that eventually resulted in incumbent Republican governor being defeated in last election. (I really need to know more about this; I have a hold in on a library book about it.)

* Facebook added an option to report fake news

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* Keepin' It 1600 - podcast with four former Obama aids. I got hooked on this shortly before the election even though I basically never listen to podcasts.

* leupagus has started something called political homework that seems like a great way way to motivate oneself to learn the ropes of their local politics.

* 10 Questions for Fake News Detection, a handy chart from The News Literacy Project

* This morning I called my senator to thank her for her vocal opposition to several Trump cabinet picks. The staffer sounded very pleasantly surprised that I wasn't calling to complain. Which is to say, if your elected officials are doing something good, let them know! Positive reinforcement!

* Speaking of that, a call to support Kellogg pulling their ads from Breitbart would not go amiss.

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ACTIVISM
* Why You Should Join Your Local Democratic Party (written by moi)

* lifetime VPN subscriptions on sale at BoingBoing

* Guest Post: A post-election guide to changing hearts and minds - full of extremely practical advice

* What you — yes, you — can do to save America from tyranny from a Holocaust scholar

READING
* rydra_wong is your source for politcal links roundups, mostly articles. Tons of stuff!

* Look Up, Please - this anecdote of facing up to racism and awfulness made me cry, for real

* Canadian journalists who covered Rob Ford offer tips on Trump - persuasive comparison, and a little bit of hope for beleaguered journalists

* Utah governor breaks Republican ranks, welcomes refugees, is deeply skeptical of religious registry (no surprise Mormons wouldn't be keen on that)

* House Democrats demand Chaffetz probe Trump’s finances (Oddly, Chaffetz seems much less interested in investigating Trump than he was Clinton)

* bless the AP style guide??

* Exhaustive Database of Voter Fraud Cases Turns Up Scant Evidence That It Happens - background

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Not so much activism today as just stuff I found interesting.

* THIS POEM. If you click on nothing else in this post, click on this.

* Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state has introduced a bill that would ban registration based on religion - religions such, say, Islam. Consponsors include folks like Ellison and Wasserman Schultz. Something to mention to your congressperson('s staff) the next time you call them.

* Sen. Orrin Hatch, most senior Republican senator, is absolutely opposed to getting rid of the filibuster. So that seems good.

* Statistical look on which senators might cross the aisle and vote against their party fellows.

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A short one today.

* People are calling the Department of Justice to ask them to Audit the Vote. There's also a Change.org petition

* #ACallADay (keeps fascism away) is a great newsletter full of activism suggestions. I appreciate that it includes a lot of informational links about issues, in addition to the calls to action.

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darkestnightex is a multi-fandom exchange for "dark themes," signups going on through the 12th. Info here. Glorious tagset of angst, horrors, and dirtybadwrong is here. Come sign up and request hockey with me!! I want to write so many treats.

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fandomgiftbox is a new comm that operates like fandomstocking, but now instead of during the holiday season. I like the signups on this more than for Fandom Stocking, which always seemed really focused on shipfic, fic in general, and lists of things rather than prompts. Signups open here if you're interested.

Also, there's a Pens Rare Pair Fest happening here. Prompts have already been prompted, but you can browse the prompts and write and post fills, which will all be revealed June 19th. There are so many great ideas there that I hope result in fic.

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* If you have watched and loved the music video to "Genghis Khan," then you NEED to read this coda, Just like in the pulp magazines by adreadfulidea. If you haven't watched and loved the music video, HERE IT IS AND YOU SHOULD WATCH IT NOW. (I think I've seen it about eight times now.)

* spnspringfling is running again! This may be my absolute favorite exchange I have ever done - as the mods say, it's a "rapid-fire, double-blind, anonymous exchange challenge, in which you have a brief set of prompts, a week to work, and a lower AND upper limit on the size of your work." It is so fun.

* There've been so many hockey developments this week that I don't know where to start. Olli contract signing (<3333333)! Justin Schultz acquisition! Scuderi traded to LA because he "didn't fit in with Chicago's plans" (LOL)! We got Geno back and beat the Jets, and we called Murray up from WBS, and just, lots of hockey things.

* Rare Bears draft due on Tuesday (eep!). Sid/Geno Exchange running again, due to open signups in ~a month.

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Currently this team and RL are both fairly stressful, and so I have ended up investing most of my feelings about both in Olli Maatta instead. On one hand, this has been a bit traumatic in the last week! On the other hand, it means that I pretty much could not have gotten a better present today, which is Olli getting interviewed by Trevor, intrepid Junior Reporter (Edit: new link.

CHILDREN INTERVIEWING CHILDREN. Seriously, this is a tall awkward child being interviewed by a shorter and somewhat less awkward child. I swear they make some of the same faces. And both so earnest!

And honestly I almost want to make a transcript of the entire thing, because it is so great. Olli went as "an Oktoberfest guy" for Halloween, lederhosen and all! He likes Pittsburgh because it's smaller than NYC and gets quiet in the evenings! He also goes into some detail about his warmup routine before practice (20 mins on bikes and doing calesthenics) and his routine before games (he arrives 2.5 hours before hand to deal with equipment and stuff). He watches a lot of movies and reads a book occasionally.

Basically if you happen to be writing Olli Maatta fic (*cough*), this is GOLDEN while also being charming and adorable. You just want to pinch the cheeks of everyone on the screen. I am SO CHARMED.

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All the wonderful fics are here!

I've got three fics in the exchange, so feel free to guess which ones are mine! One of them is a gimme, though. Like, it is the most obviously snick-fic that has ever ficced.

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